1 Vision Making Wallonia a connected and smart

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Vision Making Wallonia a connected and smart territory, where digital companies are recognized as global leaders and drivers of a successful industrial transformation, and where digital innovation works for high quality education, open public services and the well-being of citizens. https: //vimeo. com/155558326 2

Strategic objective 3. 1 Accelerate the digitalization and the openness of the public services Development axes : • 3. 1. 1. Develop the digital expertise of public sector employees. • 3. 1. 2. Develop the culture of data and implement a strategy to open public data. • 3. 1. 3. Develop a digital administration with high added value, focused on customer’s uses and services. Find out more : www. digitalwallonia. be/wallonie-numerique-secteurs-publics 3

Actions already engaged • Open Datasets coming from different levels of public services, with significant inputs from the geoportal and IWEPS. data. digitalwallonia. be • PSI directive. Transcription by the Walloon Governement is done. Licences // federal model. www. digitalwallonia. be/decret-open-data • Public innovation. The Hackathon Citizens of Wallonia, dedicated to smart cities, aims to support and enhance projects developing applications, services or interactive data visualisation, reusing or facilitating the reuse of public data. 2 nd edition on March 10 -12, 2017. www. digitalwallonia. be/citizens-of-wallonia 4

Strategic objective 4. 2 Encourage the cutting-edge digital tools across the Wallonia region. Development axes : • 4. 2. 1. Multiply open places for digital acculturation and experimentation. • 4. 2. 2. Push smart cities in a "Smart Region" vision. • 4. 2. 3. Structure Wallonia's e-health vision on clear priorities, with the support of the Walloon Health Network (Réseau Santé Walloon). Find out more : www. digitalwallonia. be/wallonie-numerique-territoire-connecte-et-intelligent 5

Actions already engaged • Smart Region initiative. “smart cities” approach on a regional scale to enable a genuine impact on the socio-economic development of urban ecosystems. In collaboration with the 5 major cities of Wallonia. 6

Digital Wallonia: Strategy for Smart Region

Theme / Goals/ Focus / Measures • Theme 4 of the DSP : « Digital Territory» It should be considered as a real competitive factor. Connected to high speed and smart, the territory offers unlimited access to digital usages and acts as a catalyst for industrial and economic development. • Strategic goal 4. 2 Foster uses of advanced digital all over Wallonia. • Development focus 4. 2. 2 Enrol Smart Cities in a Smart Region vision. 8

3 specific « Smart cities » measures • M 34. Share resources and ensure the consistency of initiatives over a virtual platform and a physical forum. • M 35. Accelerate Smart Cities projects with a supportive regulatory environment (innovative public procurement and Open Data) and innovative governance. • M 36. Implement a supportive environment for the development, test and deployment of Smart cities initiatives at regional scale. 9

Smart City : Context • Currently half of the world population lives in urban areas. • 66 % across the EU • 90 % in Belgium • The population in Belgium will grow from 11 millions to 12, 7 millions in 2030. This increase in population (urban) brings many challenges : • Mobility • Energy • Waste • Governance • Resources • Lodging • Living together • In Wallonia, it is considered necessary the creation of 350 000 new dwellings for 2040. • Besides the 5 largest cities in Wallonia (Charleroi, Liege, Mons, Namur, Tournai), and compared with large capital of Europe, an holistic regional approach make more sense then multiply local initiatives (economy of scale).

Smart City : Definition • The concept of « Smart City » is linked with the « Intelligent City » and the « Digital City »

Why a strategy for Smart Region? Context and issues 12

Proliferation of initiatives Often characterized by technological logic and not focus on the uses and services (and on citizen). Lack of data mining culture and uncertainty about data valuation. Challenges in relation with the internal organization leading to always allocating any digital projects to the IT department. Risk of decommissioning and bypass of the public action Public authorities are facing digital issues Importance of cultural distribution and regulatory constraints that do not facilitate the transition to an open innovation posture Operational concerns about projects sometimes considered difficult to control on technical, financial and human aspects Lack of visibility for digital projects by the citizen who become also a digital player Lack of tools in terms of benchmarking and exante et ex-post assessment to optimize investments

Systematically favor a holistic approach centered on the uses and services to use digital industry as an accelerator for the public action Transforming data as a true decision-driven capital at the service of territorial intelligence "Infusing digital" in all departments to develop a real reflex and rely on the Digital Wallonia regional brand Leader – Facilitator Assessor Model Momentum For a Smart Region Switching from a "provider" to a “partners” vision over a new 4 P dimension (Public Private Partnership + Population) Switch to a logic of sharing and exchange by documenting any achievements through online tools and dedicated websites Open services and involvement of citizens, considered as "allies" in the design and deployment services process Rely on assessment and management tools in order to capitalize and share best practices, and make the best out of local digital projects

Balancing a dual approach to reduce potential friction zones Vision régionale Regional approach Local approach

Teaming up Regional government Smart Region Advisers Large businesses Core Team Smart cities 16

Momentum for a Smart Region Smart Energy Smart Health Large companies Upright themes for Smart Region igital Wallonia Smart Living SME Smart Mobility Startup Businesses Smart Region Advisers Core Team Smart cities of 5 largest cities « Intermediate » (second-tier) cities Smart Economy

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How to turn this Smart Region strategy into reality? • Identify the needs and constraints expressed by the Walloon cities in a perspective of sharing and pooling of experience • Activate the “Advisors” to target their action in the framework of performance agreements serving the Smart Region strategy • Enable the emergence of Smart Region projects in different vertical themes prioritized by cities • Promote innovative modes of cooperation with enterprises by facilitating the transfer of skills to the benefit of cities • Develop training for elected officials and agents within cities to increase digital skills 19

How to turn this Smart Region strategy into reality? • Tangible, open, scalable • Public / private partnerships, a network that the local can connect to • In a spirit of pooling / replicability • Complementarity • Focus on accelerate services • An attractive force enabling “plug-in's” • Take citizen issues in consideration • Exploitation of data in back office 20

In line with EU SCC approach Market Place of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities … and many more. Cross H 2020 SCC Projects, … 21

Thank you ! Agence du Numérique www. digitalwallonia. be info@digitalwallonia. be @digitalwallonia facebook. com/digitalwallonia Stéphane Vince stephane. vince@adn. aei. be Pascal Poty pascal. poty@adn. aei. be Avenue Prince de Liège, 133 B-5100 Jambes +32 (0)81 778080 22